Vicki Davis teaches at Westwood Schools in Camilla, Georgia. She teaches Computer Science to tenth graders, Computer Fundamentals to ninth graders, and elective courses such as Accounting and Computer Graphic Design to juniors and seniors. She has also taught keyboarding to 5th and 8th graders.
Vicki has a wikicentric classroom. Her class wiki (http://westwood.wikispaces.com) won "Wikispace of the Month" in her first month using the wiki. Her tenth grade project, the Flat Classroom Project, (http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com) conducted in cooperation with Julie Lindsey at the International School in Dhaka, Bangladesh, recently won the International Edublog Award for best Wiki of 2006. This wiki project meets every new NETS standard as proposed by ISTE as well as many of the old standards (as shown in the video correlating the flat classroom project to ISTE standards.)
Uses of Wikis in the Classroom
Presentation Outline
Why do we wiki?
What is a wiki?
Pedagogical uses of wikis in the classroom
Time Permitting:
How does a wiki work
Wiki assessment
Common Administrator Questions
Notes on Presentation Format
You are the star! On specially marked slides you will be voting or asked to take the mike! Pay attention so that you can participate and learn!
http://k12wiki.wikispaces.com - K12 wiki, started by the K12 online conference but still used by teachers around the world to solve problems. Ask to join, I'd love to have you!
- Vicki's youtube channel
Women of Web 2 - cofounder of this group of four teachers who have a weekly webcast on Tuesday nights at 9 pm EST at edtechtalk.com (Archives of past podcasts including the interview with your professor, Sheryl, are at http://womenofweb2.podomatic.com/) All people interested in education welcome.
Tech Learning - Vicki blogs every other week along with other leading educational bloggers
Vicki Davis teaches at Westwood Schools in Camilla, Georgia. She teaches Computer Science to tenth graders, Computer Fundamentals to ninth graders, and elective courses such as Accounting and Computer Graphic Design to juniors and seniors. She has also taught keyboarding to 5th and 8th graders.
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Vicki and Wikis
Vicki has a wikicentric classroom. Her class wiki (http://westwood.wikispaces.com) won "Wikispace of the Month" in her first month using the wiki. Her tenth grade project, the Flat Classroom Project, (http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com) conducted in cooperation with Julie Lindsey at the International School in Dhaka, Bangladesh, recently won the International Edublog Award for best Wiki of 2006. This wiki project meets every new NETS standard as proposed by ISTE as well as many of the old standards (as shown in the video correlating the flat classroom project to ISTE standards.)
Uses of Wikis in the Classroom
Presentation Outline
Notes on Presentation Format
You are the star! On specially marked slides you will be voting or asked to take the mike! Pay attention so that you can participate and learn!Wiki in the Classroom Resources
K12 Online conference Wiki Presentation:
The 28 minute video about what wikis are, their use in the classroom and how they work.
- PC users right click, Mac users control click to download for viewing …
>> http://k12online.wm.edu/k12wikipresentatation_LowRes.wmv 18 MB>> http://k12online.wm.edu/k12wikipresentation_highres.wmv 41 MB
- Show Notes
>> http://k12online.wm.edu/K12shownotes.pdf- Wiki Grading Rubric
>> http://k12online.wm.edu/WikiGradingRubric.pdf- Components of an effective Web 2.0 Classroom
>> http://k12online.wm.edu/Web20classroom.pdfPlaces where Vicki participates online: